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he's very supportive of defense spending, obviously, of nato, though his idea that nato allies are going to meet their spending goals is, shall we say, wildly optimistic which is another way of probably saying unrealistic. he wasn't clear exactly what the differences were with afghanistan, though, again, he didn't change the policy, we're still looking at something by the end of 2014. but if you're asking me about benjamin netanyahu in particular yeah, i think he'd like the you have to language about iran more than anything else. that's right now the prism through which israelis are judging a lot of international development. >> rose: the two things about governor romney on foreign policy that have gotten attention on this speech, one was what he said about russia and the other was what he said about china. did he add to that in any way today? >> very little. this was much more a speech about the middle east than it was a fleshed-out romney foreign policy. there was continued toughness towards russia. he had a nod in the direction of free trade which a lot of people were welcomed. very l
he's very supportive of defense spending, obviously, of nato, though his idea that nato allies are going to meet their spending goals is, shall we say, wildly optimistic which is another way of probably saying unrealistic. he wasn't clear exactly what the differences were with afghanistan, though, again, he didn't change the policy, we're still looking at something by the end of 2014. but if you're asking me about benjamin netanyahu in particular yeah, i think he'd like the you have to language...
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there are 100,000 paid contractors operating in iraq, along with 40,000 other nato troops. nothing is being said about the contractors. will they be withdrawn or will there numbers continue to ?xcellent -- escalate in this situation where we have this so-called green on blue attacks, after an attacks on soldiers, we may have to refer to a blue on blue attacks, suicide. a number of soldiers committing suicide is higher than those being killed by afghans for those been killed by the so called enemy. in that context, we need to look again at the reality of what this war has come to represent. it is not bringing freedom and democracy to afghanistan. it is not making america a safer. it is not something that u.s. troops serving in afghanistan are able to grapple with, and we are seeing that stark reality in the high number of suicides. >> and the difference between the major party candidates for president, obama and romney, and afghanistan? >> the difference, at this point, is rhetorical. president obama can his campaign process -- a promise from 2008 when he said he would withd
there are 100,000 paid contractors operating in iraq, along with 40,000 other nato troops. nothing is being said about the contractors. will they be withdrawn or will there numbers continue to ?xcellent -- escalate in this situation where we have this so-called green on blue attacks, after an attacks on soldiers, we may have to refer to a blue on blue attacks, suicide. a number of soldiers committing suicide is higher than those being killed by afghans for those been killed by the so called...
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talk a bit about nato expansion georgia well some people within the nato i know would like to see georgia's a nato member what do you think today prevents georgia from becoming a later member except that russia is against us. well with all due respect to russia but you know we take those decisions ourselves but of course every every every single point is taken to come because at the end of the day and largely that's why we call it the open door and. like policy it's not about creating difficulties for nato and it's about you know a responding to to the sovereign wishes sort of speak of european country that's article ten of the washing treaty and secondly the decision in principle that we would like to suggest has been taking requests. however a country hardly ever enters nato just like that you have to go along home but. mechanism to consider the members i mean russian point of view in in the process of. accepting a new country engine into nato not well meaning that you say you think this is yourself but i mean nobody would believe in a real world and over all the views of various countrie
talk a bit about nato expansion georgia well some people within the nato i know would like to see georgia's a nato member what do you think today prevents georgia from becoming a later member except that russia is against us. well with all due respect to russia but you know we take those decisions ourselves but of course every every every single point is taken to come because at the end of the day and largely that's why we call it the open door and. like policy it's not about creating...
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has warned it will not shy from war if provoked and nato which has so far on the conflict says it's ready to defend its member nation but some reports suggest shells landing in turkey may be from weapons that uncle rod self provided to syrian rebels this as violence is escalating look across the country with bomb blasts and firefights in damascus the u.n. chief ben few moon has called on the syrian government to you know that really cease fire but a buyer may i think the way added to all the pan-african newswire believes nato is maneuvering to intervene. turkey is a long time member of the north atlantic treaty organization since one nine hundred fifty two and they're going to act in conjunction with other nato powers led by the united states their main objective is regime change against the assad government in syria they're using this border conflict between syria and turkey as a means of intervening more directly from a military standpoint within the un security council the us britain and france have not been able to get their way in regard to authorizing some type of a no fly zone unqu
has warned it will not shy from war if provoked and nato which has so far on the conflict says it's ready to defend its member nation but some reports suggest shells landing in turkey may be from weapons that uncle rod self provided to syrian rebels this as violence is escalating look across the country with bomb blasts and firefights in damascus the u.n. chief ben few moon has called on the syrian government to you know that really cease fire but a buyer may i think the way added to all the...
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army in nato other than the united states and so if the invoked article five they will speculate if they will or not for future incidents but for now. i think this is about it and we see protests going on all over turkey and people don't really want war what options are there left for the syrian people and for syria really i mean the protests. so not really all over talked about certain areas so if you're looking at it and you're seeing protests there and then we can go into specifics on the stomach but what's going on there is you it's it's more of a sectarian protest and more of domestic political opposition as you know the domestic political opponent it could be. was an i'll be a bit different than the whites of syria but you see well his political domestic opposition if you look at obama and romney you know they're using it against each other that's something that's been used specially in the talk but you don't see it all over turkey although you do you do see the turks are sacrificing even their domestic politics their own sort of populations is frustration into what's going on
army in nato other than the united states and so if the invoked article five they will speculate if they will or not for future incidents but for now. i think this is about it and we see protests going on all over turkey and people don't really want war what options are there left for the syrian people and for syria really i mean the protests. so not really all over talked about certain areas so if you're looking at it and you're seeing protests there and then we can go into specifics on the...
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and their nato allies vacate the country x. as quickly as possible and that none of this. the ball would have occurred in the first place out of north korea or the card or in the reagan administration straight to the war which you know exacerbated make and regional and other tensions inside the country and there's a massive it's led to thirty four year war in afghanistan and we have to place the blame where it belongs this is the result of u.s. intervention going back to the late one nine hundred seventy s. . now some news making headlines around the globe libya's recent feedback to the prime minister has been forced to stand down off the vote of no confidence from the parliament. failed for a second time to win the lawmakers approval for a new cabinet the initial cabinet lineup was rejected on thursday protesters stormed the building and call for the prime minister's resignation who was the country's first elected leader off the losses overthrew colonel gadhafi. and as palestinian the militant was killed and nine other people injured by the israeli air strike in gaza a cr
and their nato allies vacate the country x. as quickly as possible and that none of this. the ball would have occurred in the first place out of north korea or the card or in the reagan administration straight to the war which you know exacerbated make and regional and other tensions inside the country and there's a massive it's led to thirty four year war in afghanistan and we have to place the blame where it belongs this is the result of u.s. intervention going back to the late one nine...
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and pro nato and libyan rebel narrative of so-called libyan revolution by a sizable information that was just totally demolished that but also then you have missed the account of the head of the i.c.c. who is a very strange figure who again mainstream figures are pointing the finger at him but he has more the interest of nato and the nato government in libya and he does his own staff members remember back in june melinda taylor who was the i.c.c. appointed defense for saif al islam was centers in town of herself and for other people who were held by byzantine militia and i. a former u.n. caustic you thought rwanda and yugoslavia so no no no big fan of the independence movement or sort of the global south at himself that this was a kidnapping but it in tiny militia i mean the ocampo has more interest i mean a company apologize on behalf of a colleague here nothing to apologize for which some of that i think that's a very bad precedent because it allows countries who are who have people who are going to be quiet but i could see to interact in this way but that's not the case because ac
and pro nato and libyan rebel narrative of so-called libyan revolution by a sizable information that was just totally demolished that but also then you have missed the account of the head of the i.c.c. who is a very strange figure who again mainstream figures are pointing the finger at him but he has more the interest of nato and the nato government in libya and he does his own staff members remember back in june melinda taylor who was the i.c.c. appointed defense for saif al islam was centers...
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military actions or contemplate any type of military strategy without the full cooperation with the nato forces i believe also that this is being utilized as a means of sparking some type of us within the on grass within syria itself then of course we have to understand that within turkey the political situation there is by no means uniform there is a growing anti-war sentiment within turkey itself and i believe there will be vast opposition within turkey to any potential ground war all across borders shelling on a consistent basis between the two countries and this proves the regional implications of this conflict it's something that is just not limited to syria it involves not only turkey but also lebannon as well as the islamic republic of iran so i believe it's a very dangerous situation and that the united nations seems to be almost crippled in lugard to any attempt to lessen tensions and also to resolve this conflict we don't hear anything from the u.n. envoy that is supposed to be working on the situation in syria because their efforts are being undermined by nato and the countrie
military actions or contemplate any type of military strategy without the full cooperation with the nato forces i believe also that this is being utilized as a means of sparking some type of us within the on grass within syria itself then of course we have to understand that within turkey the political situation there is by no means uniform there is a growing anti-war sentiment within turkey itself and i believe there will be vast opposition within turkey to any potential ground war all across...
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reports the nato member state is now close to starting a ground invasion. into the early hours of thursday morning turkey launched military fire against syrian targets this follows overnight operations in which the turkey military continued to fire on to the syrian side now the whole incident was spock when a mortar bomb was fired from syria into turkey territory it hit a residential building killing five members of the same family and injuring another for a team we don't yet have clear information as to who fired the most when we don't have exact information as to the extent of the turkish retaliate freak accidents but certainly this is intensifying and the situation on the ground we almost didn't reports that a number of syrians have been killed by the turkish operations and what they do expect later today for this day is take parliament overlake the decision whether or not to if wise cross border operations in the area if indeed they give this the nod what we will see is that the turkish military can operate freely now in the past the turkish military ha
reports the nato member state is now close to starting a ground invasion. into the early hours of thursday morning turkey launched military fire against syrian targets this follows overnight operations in which the turkey military continued to fire on to the syrian side now the whole incident was spock when a mortar bomb was fired from syria into turkey territory it hit a residential building killing five members of the same family and injuring another for a team we don't yet have clear...
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says that they'll defend any nato member if turkey continue like this syria might see itself getting increasingly desperate and that retaliate with full force then it's up to the united states and britain and european nato allies just figure out what to do what we need urgently right now is a peace conference set me it's up to china and russia because they're the only people stopping a full scale war the kind of war that will only help the forces it looks like such as al qaida united states is again supporting al-qaeda and turkey who stood to one should know much better than to try and help al qaeda he's been doing his best to fight the forces of al qaeda all through his presence. riot police and bus train have fired tear gas and water cannons that anti-government protesters after a funeral march for an activist who died in custody turned violent demonstrators accuse the government of denying the man treatment by the authorities claim he died of a blood disease program from crowds we're trying to reach of the former hob of pearl square in the capital manama which is now heavily guard
says that they'll defend any nato member if turkey continue like this syria might see itself getting increasingly desperate and that retaliate with full force then it's up to the united states and britain and european nato allies just figure out what to do what we need urgently right now is a peace conference set me it's up to china and russia because they're the only people stopping a full scale war the kind of war that will only help the forces it looks like such as al qaida united states is...
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starting with a no fly zone which turned into a bombing zone in a free for all for nato countries but it doesn't surprise me that the u.n. will be ineffectual because i can't see one instance over the whole globe over the whole geo political spectrum worldwide where the un has done anything of any value in the last decade or two they're a complete failure and they're controlled by their number one funder which is the united states and they're sort of mini me. and i see my show and i'm to go i just we just want to come back to this whole point of view of you referring to the libyan government as being because suddenly there's a political crisis in the making you know the siege on gaza and the government seeming powerless and perhaps mr right did as to how to deal with it do you think the country's new political system could be doomed even before it really gets started here. well one thing you can look at really is you know with libya because it's big because the kind of western imperialist kind of plan with libya has come after a couple of other so-called successes which they would cha
starting with a no fly zone which turned into a bombing zone in a free for all for nato countries but it doesn't surprise me that the u.n. will be ineffectual because i can't see one instance over the whole globe over the whole geo political spectrum worldwide where the un has done anything of any value in the last decade or two they're a complete failure and they're controlled by their number one funder which is the united states and they're sort of mini me. and i see my show and i'm to go i...
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turkish leadership that they will not allow what is a perceived attack on their territory to go to nato member states have been eaten in brussels where they've issued a statement saying that they stand by their member state turkey they are demanding an immediate end to what they have turned aggressive acts against turkey and in the same statement they have called on syria to end flagrant violations of international law now that is a quote serious for its side has issued its condolences to the families of those who were killed by this mortar bomb that was fired from syrian territory at the same time what we are hearing from these syrians is that they have opened an investigation but no details yet in terms of what that investigation has yielded what we do know though is that the syrians in the statement emphasized that they do respect the sovereignty of neighbors and they have urged governments and i'm quoting again to act wisely and rationally it is important to note that this nato meeting in brussels did not happen under article five now that is an article that would require member sta
turkish leadership that they will not allow what is a perceived attack on their territory to go to nato member states have been eaten in brussels where they've issued a statement saying that they stand by their member state turkey they are demanding an immediate end to what they have turned aggressive acts against turkey and in the same statement they have called on syria to end flagrant violations of international law now that is a quote serious for its side has issued its condolences to the...
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wasted no time in going on that offensive immediately contacted nato as well as the united nations of course this abominable act and has urged the international community for immediate action now on wednesday night an emergency meeting of nato was held in brussels the syrians did issue an apology they offered their condolences to the family and both sides have called for restraint at the same time we do expect that the turkish call for the united nations security council to meet immediately will be dealt with today and what we're hearing from the turkish is that he needs to be immediate and urgent action to what they call syrian aggression so the situation on the ground quite fluid and remains to see to be seen what happens in the coming hours. to discuss the situation i'm joined live by chuck kiddo's or who is on bureau chief of the turkish daily newspaper he interviewed syrian president bashar assad back in july thank you so much mr chuckie desire for joining our team now turkey has continued its retaliation shelling this morning do you think on carter's response is rational. i thin
wasted no time in going on that offensive immediately contacted nato as well as the united nations of course this abominable act and has urged the international community for immediate action now on wednesday night an emergency meeting of nato was held in brussels the syrians did issue an apology they offered their condolences to the family and both sides have called for restraint at the same time we do expect that the turkish call for the united nations security council to meet immediately...
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treaty organization since nine hundred fifty two and they're going to act in conjunction with other nato powers led by the united states their main objective is regime change against the assad government in syria they're using this border conflict between syria and turkey as a means of venting more directly from a military standpoint within the un security council the us britain and france have not been able to get their way in regard to authorizing some type of a no fly zone unquote would actually means a authorization to carry out massive bombings against syria so they can utilize alleged violations of turkish land mass and an effort to further militarize the border between the two countries so i believe it's a very dangerous situation and that the united nations seems to be almost crippled in regard to any attempt to resolve this conflict because their efforts are being undermined by nato and the countries that are very much a part of the leadership of that military alliance still ahead and maybe within find out why the united arab emirates is a. must. in region. these and other stori
treaty organization since nine hundred fifty two and they're going to act in conjunction with other nato powers led by the united states their main objective is regime change against the assad government in syria they're using this border conflict between syria and turkey as a means of venting more directly from a military standpoint within the un security council the us britain and france have not been able to get their way in regard to authorizing some type of a no fly zone unquote would...
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wasted no time in going on the defensive it immediately contacted nato as well as the united nations of course this abominable act and has urged the international community for immediate action now on wednesday night an emergency meeting of nato was held in brussels the syrians did issue an apology they offered their condolences to the family and both sides have called for restraint at the same time we do expect that the turkish call for the united nations security council to meet immediately will be dealt with today what we're hearing from the turkish is that he needs to be immediate and urgent action to what they call syrian aggression so the situation on the ground quite fluid and remains to see to be seen what happens in the coming hours. let's get more on this latest escalation between turkey and syria with ken stone from the hamilton coalition to stop the war mr stone thanks for joining r t what do you make of turkey's reaction to the incident do you think it's justified. i think that the prime minister erred on may think he's a very clever and lobbying artillery shells over th
wasted no time in going on the defensive it immediately contacted nato as well as the united nations of course this abominable act and has urged the international community for immediate action now on wednesday night an emergency meeting of nato was held in brussels the syrians did issue an apology they offered their condolences to the family and both sides have called for restraint at the same time we do expect that the turkish call for the united nations security council to meet immediately...
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iraq's prime minister who's in moscow speaks out against a potential nato intervention in syria under the guise of protecting the region. more belt tightening for beleaguered britain as the prime minister tells his party to keep up the cuts despite public or each across europe. and ongoing all sara he feels more separatism calls in europe as the referendum on scotland's independence from britain is all but confirmed. hello and welcome to our team with me karen terror well in moscow appeals court has freed one of the jailed members of the notorious pussy riot punk band but held the two year sentence for the two others the three women were convicted in august of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for performing a song packed with obscenity at russia's main orthodox cathedral artie's polly boyko joins us live now from right outside the court holly what exactly was the court's ruling on its reasoning in this decision. is what are the band's members you can see in this summit say that she walked for relief from more scary safety quote here she was released on probation. and with a s
iraq's prime minister who's in moscow speaks out against a potential nato intervention in syria under the guise of protecting the region. more belt tightening for beleaguered britain as the prime minister tells his party to keep up the cuts despite public or each across europe. and ongoing all sara he feels more separatism calls in europe as the referendum on scotland's independence from britain is all but confirmed. hello and welcome to our team with me karen terror well in moscow appeals...
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nato nato masters in his bid to join the e.u. so he's been willing to do the bidding europe and the u.s. britain france and the u.s. they may be helping the hoping that they can somehow try and knowledge made into taking action as well and. the blitzkrieg is that she's the only thing really that would enable the rebels so we're now at this. fireworks jubilation and fiesta atmosphere right now in venezuela this only means one thing president hugo chavez is there to stay and so are he's plans for how to handle the country's economy including its enormous oil reserves and as archie's losing confidence reports it's a strong reason for some painful headaches in the west. six years on the to the top that may be at odds with the liberation of the workers of this one party that what we're. doing it on. it's a victory that supporters say has implications far beyond this country's borders carries shadows is the father of south america all the president's real friends among each other latin america understand the understand the significance
nato nato masters in his bid to join the e.u. so he's been willing to do the bidding europe and the u.s. britain france and the u.s. they may be helping the hoping that they can somehow try and knowledge made into taking action as well and. the blitzkrieg is that she's the only thing really that would enable the rebels so we're now at this. fireworks jubilation and fiesta atmosphere right now in venezuela this only means one thing president hugo chavez is there to stay and so are he's plans for...
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meanwhile air routes prime minister who is in moscow speaks out against a potential nato intervention in syria under the guise of protecting the region a report on that is coming up. in moscow appeals court has freed one of the child members of the notorious pussy riot punk band but up held the two year sentence for the authors the three women were convicted in august of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for performing a song packed with obscenity at russia's main orthodox cathedral artist polly boyko has the details from outside the court. what are the band's members you could see in the summit say that she walked a free from more scary city court here she was released on probation throughout the trial and throughout the appeal the women have maintained that they didn't mean to offend anybody and that there was a protest it was a political protest against vladimir putin however during the trial the court found no political motive to the stunt that took place back in february in the christ the savior of the jail in moscow they said it was in fact hooliganism motivated by relig
meanwhile air routes prime minister who is in moscow speaks out against a potential nato intervention in syria under the guise of protecting the region a report on that is coming up. in moscow appeals court has freed one of the child members of the notorious pussy riot punk band but up held the two year sentence for the authors the three women were convicted in august of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for performing a song packed with obscenity at russia's main orthodox cathedral...
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rebel fighters there turkey certain wasted no time in going on that offensive immediately contacted nato as well as the united nations have called this a bomb an act and has urged the international community for immediate action now on wednesday night an emergency meeting of nato was held in brussels the syrians did issue an apology they offered their condolences to the family and both sides have called for restraint at the same time we do expect that the turkish call for the united nations security council to meet immediately will be dealt with today what we're hearing from the turkish is that the needs to be immediate and urgent action to what they call syrian aggression so the situation on the ground quite fluid and remains to see to be seen what happens in the coming hours. while turkey approves cross border military operations mall scholars calling for calm on both sides and to engage in dialogue more all of that from thomas. take us through russia's reaction. certainly russian foreign minister sergey lavrov speaking at a press conference from pakistan on the subject of syria. in re
rebel fighters there turkey certain wasted no time in going on that offensive immediately contacted nato as well as the united nations have called this a bomb an act and has urged the international community for immediate action now on wednesday night an emergency meeting of nato was held in brussels the syrians did issue an apology they offered their condolences to the family and both sides have called for restraint at the same time we do expect that the turkish call for the united nations...
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expert opinion still suggesting that they're being fired deliberately to provoke to key into calling on nato to launch some kind of operation in syria and the irony of the situation is that we're now receiving expert opinion that many of the shells that are being fired from syria are in fact being fired by weapons that turkey provided to the rebels to help them fight the assad regime so you have those rather i want to situation where turkey is being fired on by weaponry that itself supplied to the rebels in addition to those we're also now receiving several reports that the syrian army of the kurdistan workers party is holding an army just fifteen kilometers from the take the border now the fight to look just concentrated in northern syria has seen kurds take advantage of the situation they've already claimed several cities their economy they want independence from damascus but they have also not becoming a problem for two. taking of course is no stranger to the kurdish problem just have a nice case jets with flying. in northern iraq so here you have a situation where to keep its assistance
expert opinion still suggesting that they're being fired deliberately to provoke to key into calling on nato to launch some kind of operation in syria and the irony of the situation is that we're now receiving expert opinion that many of the shells that are being fired from syria are in fact being fired by weapons that turkey provided to the rebels to help them fight the assad regime so you have those rather i want to situation where turkey is being fired on by weaponry that itself supplied to...
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also nato secretarial considers an early troop withdrawal from afghanistan following a spate of insider time and lugging around. that headline for you time now for the latest poll thought i had with poll. thank you very much you're welcome to the sports headlines here's what we've got coming up bravehearts spartak moscow prepare for game with to win the champions league as they welcome scottish champions celtic. over and out england's defense of the t twenty cricket world cup comes to an end as they lose by nineteen runs to host. the fighting back alexander your million lenka continues his rise back up the mixed martial arts rankings with a dominant display in moscow. but starting with football and spartak moscow had injury concerns ahead of tuesday's a champions league clash with celtic at the newsmaking stadium the moscow club are still looking for their first points in this year's competition after a three two opening day defeat in barcelona which of important reports. also one of the strong favorites to win group g. the race is firmly on for second spots of the spot side will be loo
also nato secretarial considers an early troop withdrawal from afghanistan following a spate of insider time and lugging around. that headline for you time now for the latest poll thought i had with poll. thank you very much you're welcome to the sports headlines here's what we've got coming up bravehearts spartak moscow prepare for game with to win the champions league as they welcome scottish champions celtic. over and out england's defense of the t twenty cricket world cup comes to an end as...
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shelling this wednesday turkey's military chief vowed to respond with more force that is a day after nato said it suit ready to defend turkey if this latest development with u.s. troops in jordan comes with the u.s. election presidential election less than a month away at a time when mitt romney his challenger is criticizing the president for not being aggressive enough for quote unquote sitting on the sidelines for missing the opportunity to topple assad and quote deliver a bad defeat to iran yes he actually said that so it's not clear whether this latest announcement about jordan is the administration's way of showing teeth in these in this election campaign or whether an intervention in syria is really coming soon one of the reasons why the rebels refused to settle for a. negotiated solution through dialogue and the signal that they get that says that support is on the way that there will be an intervention but everybody understands without a negotiating. lifted the bloodshed will continue so the thing all that the rebels are getting including that it was about u.s. troops standing by
shelling this wednesday turkey's military chief vowed to respond with more force that is a day after nato said it suit ready to defend turkey if this latest development with u.s. troops in jordan comes with the u.s. election presidential election less than a month away at a time when mitt romney his challenger is criticizing the president for not being aggressive enough for quote unquote sitting on the sidelines for missing the opportunity to topple assad and quote deliver a bad defeat to iran...
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ok maggie if i go to you in tampa do you think the syrians want the turks to blink because they know nato doesn't really want to get involved in this at least overtly. to bluff well. yeah that's a good question peter let me just go back to your previous question i would agree with your friend with with the other guests from turkey i think syria is some sort of potential vietnam for turkey i don't think their key would want to intervene in syria militarily for now at least because intervening in syria they would get turkey sucked into the syria sucked into a sectarian war in syria and that would backlash in turkey because of the issue of the kurds might do bill against turkey my unify with the kurds in syria and also there would be a proxy war between iran we should also bring iran into the topic because there would be iran has a heart a large stake inside syria and they will be saudi also intervenes and there is an international superpowers who are backing the said the regime so i don't think turkey now is ready to enter remit to in syria and as your guest said i think. i don't think the
ok maggie if i go to you in tampa do you think the syrians want the turks to blink because they know nato doesn't really want to get involved in this at least overtly. to bluff well. yeah that's a good question peter let me just go back to your previous question i would agree with your friend with with the other guests from turkey i think syria is some sort of potential vietnam for turkey i don't think their key would want to intervene in syria militarily for now at least because intervening in...
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that the people who you liberated turned out not to be grateful ok and i did talk about that and the nato element a little bit later if either of you think that the turks really want to go this far or do you think they're going to have their western allies backing them up ok empty rhetoric again even though we do have shells going over the border. the turkish public opinion according to recent opinion polls is increasingly against their government's syria policy at the same time also i think the turkish government does not want to enter into the syrian quagmire at least or get militarily involved unless washington and principally here washington is behind them and so far we can see a an incredible reticence in washington not to get involved in the in the civil war in syria ok but if i do if i could stay with you i mean turkey is very much involved in this civil war it has an open border we have people going back and forth is playing an active role in the civil war there is no doubt that turkey is involved turkey has is hosting the free syrian army there are also reports that that money we
that the people who you liberated turned out not to be grateful ok and i did talk about that and the nato element a little bit later if either of you think that the turks really want to go this far or do you think they're going to have their western allies backing them up ok empty rhetoric again even though we do have shells going over the border. the turkish public opinion according to recent opinion polls is increasingly against their government's syria policy at the same time also i think...
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and nato other than involving itself. >> warner: that gets to my question very quickly. how does this get resolved if that's the case? >> from turkish perspective it's not going to be resolved as long as bashar al-assad is in damascus. this is the same view of the europeans and the americans. and if the conflict continues like that it's going to troll the neighborhood. it's inevitable. i was not surprised by this. already the war is spilling over to lebanon and we've seen violence in lebanon. now spilling over to turkey and iraq. it ininevitable this war is going to drag the neighbors into it. we've seen tension rising between the turks and iranians. turkey and iran are competing to shape the future of syria just as they are competing to shape the future in iraq. this conflict will continue and unless there's an intervention to end the regime in damascus it will be conflagration. >> warner: quick final thought? >> well, i think we all-- the turks, the americans, the europeans-- have to adjust our policies for the future. bashar al-assad will go but he won't go any time s
and nato other than involving itself. >> warner: that gets to my question very quickly. how does this get resolved if that's the case? >> from turkish perspective it's not going to be resolved as long as bashar al-assad is in damascus. this is the same view of the europeans and the americans. and if the conflict continues like that it's going to troll the neighborhood. it's inevitable. i was not surprised by this. already the war is spilling over to lebanon and we've seen violence...
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was this year he said that so it is fifty percent of afghan battalions operating independently of of nato troops comes from it is a mystery to me i mean i think we've got to be realistic about what we've achieved here ok we haven't achieved in eleven years a great deal we're talking about very small pluses over an eleven year period you know basically we just have to accept the fact that you know this isn't a withdrawal it's a retreat in this retreat in the face of a war that's unwinnable by any criteria i don't think anyone expected a clear cut victory for either side in this but what they really didn't expect was the fact that the west have mishandled this so badly that it's led to now to them basically leaving as they did in iraq are still doing in iraq with the tell between the legs ok and we can't trust that up any any any other way i mean we talk about improvements again just as one point two thousand the two thousand american soldier was killed this week in afghanistan and the three years ago the figure something like eight or nine hundred so that's doubled in three years and that'
was this year he said that so it is fifty percent of afghan battalions operating independently of of nato troops comes from it is a mystery to me i mean i think we've got to be realistic about what we've achieved here ok we haven't achieved in eleven years a great deal we're talking about very small pluses over an eleven year period you know basically we just have to accept the fact that you know this isn't a withdrawal it's a retreat in this retreat in the face of a war that's unwinnable by...
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balance nato secretary-general and citizen early troop withdrawal but i'm gonna start to make that case of find a time on bing for all. that's the headlines time no force pulls up date with poll . thank you. what we've got for you. again we. welcome scottish champions celtic. out of the t twenty world cup comes to an as they lose by nineteen runs to house. fighting back alexander continues his rise. rankings with a dominant display. but starting with football and spartak moscow have injury concerns out of cheese days champions league clash with celtic and they do sneaky stadium moscow clubs still looking for their first points in this year's competition after a three two opening day defeat in barcelona which of important reports. barcelona of a strong favorites to win group g. the race is firmly on the second sport of a spot tight they'll be looking to gain all three points in their bid to make the knockout stages tuesday's match will be a private moment for aiden mcgeady in particular he played two hundred fifty one games for celtic before moving to spartanburg and the good news for hi
balance nato secretary-general and citizen early troop withdrawal but i'm gonna start to make that case of find a time on bing for all. that's the headlines time no force pulls up date with poll . thank you. what we've got for you. again we. welcome scottish champions celtic. out of the t twenty world cup comes to an as they lose by nineteen runs to house. fighting back alexander continues his rise. rankings with a dominant display. but starting with football and spartak moscow have injury...
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frankly what with the time we have left nato could be helpful like taking old units of afghans moving them to germany moving them to third countries training them up as you this trying to create a real cohesion a cohesion right now that that military force in afghanistan last will and even with that the chances are very limited that will be successful but tony i mean when you talk about what happened in latin america i think it's important to point out that not everybody sort of views what happened there i countries like guatemala as you know a beautiful success story i think there's still a lot of resentment there and i think. there's a lot of resentment of course in afghanistan and even with a country that we worked closely with for several years and i'm talking about pakistan. last year i know they sort of gave pakistan gave us a deadline they say you have to get your drones out of the. country after that you know drone strike that killed people every time i ever since the osama bin laden raid that was done by the us without knowledge or help by pakistan that relationship has certa
frankly what with the time we have left nato could be helpful like taking old units of afghans moving them to germany moving them to third countries training them up as you this trying to create a real cohesion a cohesion right now that that military force in afghanistan last will and even with that the chances are very limited that will be successful but tony i mean when you talk about what happened in latin america i think it's important to point out that not everybody sort of views what...